The eighth season of Chicago Med got here to an finish all the way in which again in Could with the shock departure of Nick Gehlfuss as Dr. Will Halstead after practically a decade within the position. Sadly for followers who’ve been dying to know the way the ED strikes on with out Will, the WGA writers strike and subsequent SAG-AFTRA actors strike saved One Chicago from returning to NBC within the fall. Now, with each strikes ended, Season 9 can transfer ahead, and a brand new physician is on the way in which who already has me hoping that he sticks round.
Chicago Med is at present trying to solid a brand new ED physician with a connection to Dr. Charles, in line with TVLine, reporting that this newcomer has a troubled background tying him to Oliver Platt’s character from childhood. The present is in search of a male in his early 30s; if that actor description matches the character, then the newcomer is a bit youthful than Will Halstead. Particulars are at present unavailable about what sort of previous he has with Dr. Charles, but it surely will need to have been fairly some time in the past if he was by no means talked about by the psychiatrist within the first eight seasons.
The character will recur within the ninth season, with the potential for a promotion to collection common standing in Season 10. Whereas I like the optimism that the present can be renewed for Season 10 earlier than Season 9 has even premiered, I am extra involved with whether or not he’ll match into the ensemble nicely sufficient to stay round. I am actually hoping that he is not going anyplace and Med commits, after what occurred in Season 8.
In spite of everything, Nick Gehlfuss was not the one necessary solid departure in Chicago Med‘s most up-to-date season. Brian Tee, who had been taking part in Dr. Ethan Choi from the very starting of One Chicago’s medical drama, left for a happily-ever-after within the fall finale, after Man Lockard had departed as ED pediatrician Dr. Dylan Scott within the Season 8 premiere. Asjha Cooper, who had performed Maggie’s daughter Vanessa Taylor, left within the 2022-2023 TV season as nicely to take a job outdoors of the Windy Metropolis.
One other One Chicago actor is leaving within the 2023-2024 TV season as nicely, though Tracy Spiridakos’ upcoming departure as Hailey Upton will affect Chicago P.D. reasonably than Med. All in all, I am hoping that the medical drama’s latest character will stick round after all the latest exits, particularly contemplating that the ninth season is not anticipated to final greater than 13 episodes after the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike delays.
On the time of writing, NBC hasn’t introduced when the three exhibits of One Chicago will make their long-awaited returns within the 2023-2024 TV season, but it surely’s secure to say that they will not be again earlier than the tip of the 2023 TV schedule. CBS has introduced that the three FBI exhibits – that are set in the identical Wolf Leisure TV universe as One Chicago – will return on February 13; my fingers are crossed for Chicago Fireplace, P.D., and Med to return across the identical time within the 2024 TV schedule.
For now, although, you possibly can all the time hold watching the One Chicago reruns which have been airing on NBC Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET, following new episodes of Magnum P.I.‘s closing season. You may also discover each season of Chicago Fireplace, Chicago P.D., and Chicago Med streaming now with a Peacock Premium subscription.
